# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walt-faulkner
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:39:23.704Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walt-faulkner"
name: "Walt Faulkner"
slug: "walt-faulkner"
description: "Walter Faulkner was an American racing driver from Tell, Texas. He moved to Milledgeville, Georgia at the age of two-and-a-half, and to Lake Wales, Florida at the age of eight. He then moved to San Diego, California in 1936. Faulkner competed mainly in the National Championship and in stock car races. In 1950 Faulkner became the first rookie to win pole position at the Indianapolis 500. He died in 1956 after a qualifying crash at a USAC Stock Car event in Vallejo, California."
tagline: "Racecar driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walt_Faulkner_1942.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1918-02-16"
deathDate: "1956-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.61
  momentum:             1.003134796238244
  historical:           14.47930266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Walt Faulkner"
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    title: "Walt Faulkner"
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    title: "والت فاکنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Walt Faulkner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Walt Faulkner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Walt Faulkner"
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    title: "Walt Faulkner"
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    title: "Walt Faulkner"
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    title: "Walt Faulkner"
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    title: "Walt Faulkner"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump